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<p>The Government published the Social Media Code of Practice in April 2019. This
statutory guidance sets out actions that social media platforms should take to prevent
bullying, insulting, intimidating and humiliating behaviours on their sites. The Code
is also relevant to other sites hosting user-generated content and comments.</p><p>
</p><p>While many social media companies will meet some of the standards set out in
the Code of Practice, the Government has been clear that voluntary action to date
has not gone far enough and there is not enough transparency about the effectiveness
of different measures. In April we published the Online Harms White Paper, which set
out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the
world to be online. We intend to establish in law a new duty of care on companies
towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. The new regulatory framework
will ensure that there is effective oversight of companies’ action to tackle harmful
content online.</p>
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